12:01 PM EST - Bank of Nova Scotia : posted a 10 percent rise in third-quarter earnings on Tuesday, helped by strength in its Canadian banking and capital markets' divisions. Canada's second-biggest bank by assets earned a net income of $1.03 billion, or $1.02 per diluted share, in the three months ended July 31. That compares with profit of $936 million, or 93 cents a diluted share, a year earlier. Bank of Nova Scotia
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